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cut for the high end from to the tax cuts for the middle class. we all agree more can and must be done to get our fiscal house in order. but we must face the facts. real, lasting deficit reduction will only be achieve through the an approach that is balanced, fair, and focused on the jobs, on jobs and the prosperity of our middle class. unfortunately, this bill on the floor today fails to meet those standards. americans an members of congress should remember two words -- two words about this legislation. two words. three months. three months. that's how long republicans are prepared to raise the debt ceiling. they really don't even address the debt ceiling issue. three months. but republican leaders are doing more. they have made promises to their fellow republicans to get their vote, to even go beyond the ryan budget. this is like the ryan budget on steroids. they have called this bill no budget, no pay. but who pays under the republican budget? seniors pay. ending the medicare guarantee. seniors, children, and people with disabilities pay, cutti
cut for the high end from to the tax cuts for the middle class. we all agree more can and must be done to get our fiscal house in order. but we must face the facts. real, lasting deficit reduction will only be achieve through the an approach that is balanced, fair, and focused on the jobs, on jobs and the prosperity of our middle class. unfortunately, this bill on the floor today fails to meet those standards. americans an members of congress should remember two words -- two words about this...
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the issue is tax reform. we have -- if there's one area of real consensus in area and across the country is a lot of consensus, and here it happens to be bipartisan, that we've got to simplify the tax code. we got to make it a much more workable tax system for individuals and for businesses. all kinds of ways to do that. the hard part is getting consensus in order to move forward. the good news here -- i don't want to overstate this -- but it's important to assert it, is we've had two chairman, chairman bachus in the finance committee the last, chairman camp, working individually and their staff to try to tackle this. and processes or mechanics are under way in both places. for example, every thursday in the finance committee we sit down around the table and for at least an hour or more go through elements of the tax code. that's all the good news. i think moving in the right direction. the challenge is getting consensus. the question i have for you, maybe one or two. the basic question is, can you the an opi
the issue is tax reform. we have -- if there's one area of real consensus in area and across the country is a lot of consensus, and here it happens to be bipartisan, that we've got to simplify the tax code. we got to make it a much more workable tax system for individuals and for businesses. all kinds of ways to do that. the hard part is getting consensus in order to move forward. the good news here -- i don't want to overstate this -- but it's important to assert it, is we've had two chairman,...
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hultgren: back in 1900 tax freedom day was january 22. when taxes amounted to 5.9% of a person's income. today that figure has grown to 29.4%. we have come a long way in the last past century digging deeper and deeper into the pockets of hardworking men and women in america and digging ourselves deeper in debt in the process. this -- the tax reform component of the budget this house passed in march, would take a major step forward. allowing families to keep more of their money they earn and making government more accountable. let's finish the job this year. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. miss ms. esty: i have had the honor of getting to know many families in newtown. they live with grief so deep any mother or father can only imagine. i was honored to be with b
hultgren: back in 1900 tax freedom day was january 22. when taxes amounted to 5.9% of a person's income. today that figure has grown to 29.4%. we have come a long way in the last past century digging deeper and deeper into the pockets of hardworking men and women in america and digging ourselves deeper in debt in the process. this -- the tax reform component of the budget this house passed in march, would take a major step forward. allowing families to keep more of their money they earn and...
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no nation has ever taxed and borrowed and spent its way to prosperity, but many nations have taxed and borrowed and spent their way to economic ruin and bankruptcy, and history today is screaming this warning at us that bankrupt nations aren't around very long because before you can provide for the common defense you have to be able to pay for it and the ability of our nation to do so is now coming into grave question. just in the first four weeks of this year, congress added more than a third of $1 trillion of new spending to this already-crushing burden. the fiscal cliff deal added $300 billion, and the hurricane sandy bill another $50 billion, more than 90% of which had nothing to do with emergency relief for storm victims. earlier this month, congress simply did away with the debt limit altogether until mid may. two years ago, congress passed the budget control act that authorized the biggest single expansion of debt in our nation's history, but congress at least also agreed to reduce the projected deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years, either through the supercommittee o
no nation has ever taxed and borrowed and spent its way to prosperity, but many nations have taxed and borrowed and spent their way to economic ruin and bankruptcy, and history today is screaming this warning at us that bankrupt nations aren't around very long because before you can provide for the common defense you have to be able to pay for it and the ability of our nation to do so is now coming into grave question. just in the first four weeks of this year, congress added more than a third...
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tax side, does the you'll probably pay if your a middle-class family, $10 per month more in taxes. this is a very small proposal compared to the size of the debt crisis we face, by the way. this whole thing is $340 billion over 10 years. and at the end of 10 years, we will have about $26 trillion in federal debt. it is symbolic, but intrigue -- but extremely important symbolically. host: lets the comments that president obama made in the rose garden on wednesday when he introduced his 2014 budget. [video clip] >> both parties agree that the rising cost of caring for aging generation is the single greatest driver are rising deficits. and the truth is, for those like me who deeply believe in our social insurance programs and think it is at the core of what our government needs to do, if we want to keep medicare working as well as the house, if we want to preserve the ironclad guarantee that medicare presents, then we will have to make some changes. but they do not have to be drastic. drasticead of making changes later, what we should be doing is making the manageable ones now. what a
tax side, does the you'll probably pay if your a middle-class family, $10 per month more in taxes. this is a very small proposal compared to the size of the debt crisis we face, by the way. this whole thing is $340 billion over 10 years. and at the end of 10 years, we will have about $26 trillion in federal debt. it is symbolic, but intrigue -- but extremely important symbolically. host: lets the comments that president obama made in the rose garden on wednesday when he introduced his 2014...
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i hear is consistently talked about the need to raise taxes. and also the need to plan because of additional resources we will need. i just wish and i have outlined this before that we have had that kind of planning and discussion before we spend $0 billion on a stimulus bill and an $347 billion of interest on that. all of which is almost the exact overlay of what we are cutting out of defense. we pleaded and pleated and pleaded when our friends on the other side of the aisle when majority. please to not do that because it is going to come back out of the defense. we are harvesting what we planned the second thing is the distinguished ranking member mentioned that we protect programs because we like them. there are some members to maybe do that. most of us try to protect these defense programs not because we like them but because we need them. when you look at the pentagon they are not coming over here saying we do not need these four structures. they're saying because of the budgets we are given the cannot have them. we have to go back to a po
i hear is consistently talked about the need to raise taxes. and also the need to plan because of additional resources we will need. i just wish and i have outlined this before that we have had that kind of planning and discussion before we spend $0 billion on a stimulus bill and an $347 billion of interest on that. all of which is almost the exact overlay of what we are cutting out of defense. we pleaded and pleated and pleaded when our friends on the other side of the aisle when majority....
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we said no to the largest tax increase and repealed obamacare and demanded answers from the internal revenue service and four are dead in benghazi and we will not rest. we have said to the tax more, spend more, job-killing machine that is crushing the american spirit and our economic growth. we replaced regulations with reform. we restored transparency and trust. we are giving our nation a reason to believe our children won't be looking for a job. america was founded by patriots who said no to the tyrannical government. and america's future rests in the hands of those that will carry on the torch of freedom. america's future rests in the hands of those who are sometimes willing to say no. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york, for what purpose do you rise? >> ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman has the floor. mr. tonko: people have been organizing to meet the change. they have been partnering to meet the needs of an agricultural sector in a warmer climate. farmers will need new p
we said no to the largest tax increase and repealed obamacare and demanded answers from the internal revenue service and four are dead in benghazi and we will not rest. we have said to the tax more, spend more, job-killing machine that is crushing the american spirit and our economic growth. we replaced regulations with reform. we restored transparency and trust. we are giving our nation a reason to believe our children won't be looking for a job. america was founded by patriots who said no to...
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by giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in our country? i'm so glad that the president's out there today saying that we're going to build jobs and build our economy from the middle class out. it's really important that the prosperity of our country is enjoyed by many more people and in fact inspired by their ingenuity, their creativity, their entrepreneurship, and we have to have policies that incentivize that. he will put -- the president today will put more ideas on the table to grow our economy. he recognizes, and i think we all agree, that the economy best works when it grows from the middle out. we on the democratic side. not the trickle down, top down. our friends on the other side say trickle down, what's wrong with that? if it trickles down it could create jobs. if that happens, that's create. if it doesn't, that's the free market. if it doesn't create jobs, in their words, so be it. so be it? no, i don't think so. our country has come a long way since the departments of the great recession, which -- depths of the great rescission,
by giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in our country? i'm so glad that the president's out there today saying that we're going to build jobs and build our economy from the middle class out. it's really important that the prosperity of our country is enjoyed by many more people and in fact inspired by their ingenuity, their creativity, their entrepreneurship, and we have to have policies that incentivize that. he will put -- the president today will put more ideas on the table to grow our...
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only 85 of their members voted to provide tax cuts to the middle class. when it comes to pushing our country over the brink, they're all in. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bayne -- the speaker: let me thank my colleagues for yielding and ask my colleagues to vote for the no budget new york pay act. the premise here is simple. it says that there should be no long-term increase in the debt limit until there's a long-term plan to deal with the fiscal crisis that faces our country. every hard working taxpayer in america knows that they have to do a budget. every hard working taxpayer understands that you expect continue to spend money you don't have. we are committed to continue to do a budget every year. and if you think about this, it's not just that we've done a budget the last two years that addre
only 85 of their members voted to provide tax cuts to the middle class. when it comes to pushing our country over the brink, they're all in. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bayne -- the speaker: let me thank my colleagues for yielding...
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by way of income taxes, but there's also tax burdens in our states and one of those primary tax burdens is a real property tax bill. i'm hearing from seniors, from people across the district who say, tom, i can't afford it anymore. and you shut down a power plant and you take away that tax base from my people and the remaining taxpayers who most of the time have been there for generations, will see their tax bill they real property tax bill go up 60%. that's thousands of dollars. and in this day and age, when people are struggling, why would we commit ourselves as a nation to a policy that would put a higher burden on their back. i don't get it. i think we should have an open conversation about doing all of the above, recognize where those energy sources are in the portfolios, and then we join hands, come together, we develop that comprehensive energy policy that we say this is good for america, both short-term, mid-term, and long-term, and let's get it done. and that's where us, on this side, beg our colleagues on the other side to join us in this effort and we want to do it safely. we
by way of income taxes, but there's also tax burdens in our states and one of those primary tax burdens is a real property tax bill. i'm hearing from seniors, from people across the district who say, tom, i can't afford it anymore. and you shut down a power plant and you take away that tax base from my people and the remaining taxpayers who most of the time have been there for generations, will see their tax bill they real property tax bill go up 60%. that's thousands of dollars. and in this...
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a quarter billion dollars for the drip program is not the wisest use of our tax dollars. as a form small business owner i am naturally very protective of our nation's small businesses. i understand the pressures they operate under. but i am also aware of the effect sequestration is having on our military's operations and maintenance accounts. we are seeing across-the-board cuts to vital operational funding. the air force grounded 13 squadrons for the year. the navy has canceled ship deployments and deferred maintenance. the army has canceled major training exercises for the year. and while i am sure that there have been good results from some of the spending in the drip program, i am sure that this program is duplicative of many other efforts in the department of defense. there is already $76 million for quick reaction special projects, $62 million for emerging capabilities technology development, $174 million for joint capability technology demonstrations, and $34 million for the defensewide manufacturing, science and technology program. there is over $1 billion for depa
a quarter billion dollars for the drip program is not the wisest use of our tax dollars. as a form small business owner i am naturally very protective of our nation's small businesses. i understand the pressures they operate under. but i am also aware of the effect sequestration is having on our military's operations and maintenance accounts. we are seeing across-the-board cuts to vital operational funding. the air force grounded 13 squadrons for the year. the navy has canceled ship deployments...